Larrison drove in three more oval races later in the season for the team with a best finish of ninth (twice) and finished 14th in points.

Race 3 and 6 only one additional point - oval races.

He made his first series start in the first oval race of his career on March 29.

Among his 7 race victories was the series' first oval race on the Milwaukee Mile in 1988.

Georgetown's Steve Holman turned in the outstanding performance of the oval races, winning the 1,000 meters in 2 minutes 22.6 seconds.

Halliday had some experience in oval races which use sprint starts, and was expected to challenge Piquet into Paddock Hill bend.

He continued in the series also appearing in several other oval races.

Lazier drove the next three oval races and Richard Antinucci was brought in to drive the remaining road and street course races of the schedule.

Then came the oval race in Phoenix on April 4, in which Gordon crashed while on his way to another high finish.

However, like many drivers switching from the road and street course based Champ Car series, he was not yet competitive in the series' oval races.